When we say that the person is "mediocre", "mediocre" becomes synonymous with "mediocrity" or "vulgarity", which is often derogatory. will also say that this person is too "modest", which means that this person likes to please people left and right, and no one can be offended if he is neither left nor right, and he is an offensive "wall-riding faction".
In fact, "moderation" is really not as vulgar as we imagined!
First of all, let's talk about Confucianism and even the famous "Sixteen Characters of the Heart" in Chinese cultural traditions: the human heart is in danger, and the Taoist heart is only small. But the essence is the only one, and it is allowed to be stubborn. This sentence comes from "Shangshu Da Yu Mo", according to legend, it was Emperor Shun Chan who passed the throne to Dayu and said: "Come, Yu!" The precipitation is exemplary, and Cheng Yun succeeds, but you are virtuous. Be diligent in the state, thrifty at home, not complacent, but virtuous. You are not reserved, and the world will not compete with you. If you don't cut down, don't compete with you in the world. To Mao Naide, Jia Nai Pi Ji, the calendar of the sky is in your bow, and you end after the Yuan. The human heart is in danger, the Taoist heart is only slight, but the essence is the only one, and it is allowed to cling to it. Don't listen to nonsense, don't listen to nonsense. Cute non-gentleman? Terrible non-people? After the non-Yuan, how to wear? After the non-public, reckless and defending? Oh yes! Prudence is a place, respect its wishes, the four seas are poor, and the heavens will never end. But the mouth is good and prosperous, and I will no longer speak. β"Confucianism believes that this is the sage mind method passed on by Yao Shun, Yao passed on to Shun, Shun passed on to Yu, and then passed down in a lineage, which is the first of the saints to rule the world, and it is also the key to personal cultivation.
In the Confucian classic "The Mean", Confucius said: Those who are in the middle are also the great foundation of the world; Those who are harmonious are also the way of the world. To neutralize, heaven is in the ascendancy, and all things are nurtured. That is to say: "middle" is the nature that everyone has; "Harmony" is the principle that everyone follows, and when the realm of "neutralization" is reached, heaven and earth will be in their place, and all things will grow and multiply.
Confucius sighed again: "The mean! The people can live for a long time! βγIt means that "moderation is probably the highest virtue!" Everyone has been lacking it for a long time! "Because it is the highest virtue, the highest moral standard, very few people can actually practice it.
Alas, "the mean" has been the sage ruling the world since ancient times, and I feel that I am still shallow in learning, and I can't chisel through the profound cognition of the sage, and I still have to sigh that some people's understanding of the "mean" is still too biased, and the "mean" is indeed not used to "ride the wall"!